Showing posts with label College Rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College Rock. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 18, 2020

The Screaming Tribesmen - I've Got A Feeling

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Way back when ... in 2011, we envisioned ERV as a site which highlighted rare videos from the eighties - hence the name.  However, a funny t...
Friday, October 30, 2020

The Cure - Lullaby

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For the final selection of our 2020 All Hallows Even celebration, we are going with The Cure's "Lullaby."  Skeptics might poi...
Sunday, July 19, 2020

The Comsat Angels - I'm Falling

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ERV reader(s) who are into movies from back in the day may recognize this song, as it was featured prominently in Real Genius , a fun (and u...
Monday, September 7, 2015

They Might Be Giants - Ana Ng

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They Might Be Giants (TMBG; named after the 1971 movie ) was an odd yet interesting band that started showing up on MTV (mostly on the 120 M...
Monday, July 27, 2015

The Housemartins - Happy Hour

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The Housemartins were the rock band equivalent of a shooting star.  In Britain, they enjoyed some mainstream success, with 7 top 40 singles ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2015

U2 - A Celebration

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Many years ago (before the internet), we were involved in a conversation where the topic of rare songs came up (shocking, we know).  One of ...
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Monday, May 4, 2015

Flesh for Lulu - Postcards from Paradise

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"Postcards from Paradise" is yet another excellent reader request and we liked it enough to immediately put it up on the blog.  Th...
Sunday, April 5, 2015

Sonic Youth - Teenage Riot

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Readers who aren't big time eighties or alternative music fans may not know much about Sonic Youth, but the alternative cult act is huge...
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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

The House Of Love - Destroy The Heart

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The House of Love was a British alternative rock band who made a dent in the college rock scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s before fad...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Let's Active - Waters Part

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Let's Active came out of the vibrant Southeastern college rock scene of the early 1980s and could have become a big time alternative ban...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

Frozen Ghost - Should I See

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WIth a little bit of luck, Frozen Ghost could have made it big.  They had a new wave-influenced, radio-friendly sound, and their first singl...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

R.E.M. - Fall On Me

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R.E.M.'s song about acid rain (according to Bill Berry) or oppression (according to Michael Stipe) was the first single released from th...
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Cure - Pictures Of You

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By 1989, The Cure had become big stars in the U.K. with four consecutive top 10 albums, and they had even broken through in the U.S. (1987...
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Sunday, August 3, 2014

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

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"Peek-A-Boo" was Siouxsie and the Banshees first charting U.S. single, although it was the band's 15th top 40 song in their na...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

U2 - I Will Follow

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Before U2 became one of the biggest bands in the world, they were just an earnest, post punk act from Ireland.  Note that in 1980, college r...
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All

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Hüsker Dü was one of the most interesting and influential bands of the 1980s.  No less a source than Allmusic believe that they and R.E.M. ...
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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Timbuk3 - The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades

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Timbuk3 consisted of Pat and Barbara MacDonald, a married couple who met at the University of Wisconsin in the late 1970s and formed Timbuk3...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Jane's Addiction - Jane Says

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Alternative rockers Jane's Addiction were a truly unique band when they emerged from the LA scene in the mid 1980s.  While their music w...
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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

The Pursuit of Happiness - I'm An Adult Now

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Many years ago, when I was in college, I had a really cool friend -- Catherine Alice, though she went by Ali.  Ali's two favorite expres...
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar

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Although they had a string of hits in the U.K (including 13 top 40 singles)., Echo & the Bunnymen never charted in the U.S.  However, th...
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